Doomsday Preparations

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  Millions Offline, Banks Shut: How Taiwan Is Preparing For China Invasion

  Millions of people offline, banks knocked out and the world's most advanced semiconductor industry paralysed -- Taiwan's doomsday scenario includes not just invading Chinese troops but also a wave of attacks against its cyber infrastructure.

• The Internet is falling! Or is it?

  Online Doomsday predictors have termed this the start of the end of the Internet and asked people to be prepared for a day where the internet doesn't exist anymore.

• Global doomsday hot spots draw believers, revelers

  Though the Mayans never really predicted that the world would end on Friday, some New Agers are convinced that humanity's demise is indeed imminent. Or at least that it's a good excuse for a party.

• 'Apocalypse Noah': Dutch Christian readies escape Ark

  A Dutch Christian has painstakingly prepared a lifeboat in his garden capable of saving 50 people ahead of biblical floods he expects to accompany Friday's Mayan-foretold 'doomsday.'

• In Mexico, New Agers hope December 21 brings new era

  The celebration of the cosmic dawn began with a fumbling of the sacred fire meant to honor Friday's end of the Mayan long count calendar.